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As MAGA tears itself apart, Pelosi said lawmakers have more important issues to worry about Published July 17, 2025 8:33PM (EDT) Former US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Democrat of California, speaks during a news conference at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on November 19, 2024, after a Hong KongContinue Reading

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Heavy security presence in Lome amid public anger over leader Gnassingbe’s alleged power grab., Heavy security presence in Lome amid public anger over leader Gnassingbe’s alleged power grab. Togo has voted in municipal elections amid reports of voter apathy, after the country was rocked by deadly protests last month. PollingContinue Reading

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“Apocalypse in the Tropics” is streaming on Netflix. Petra Costa’s new documentary tackles the politics of Brazilian evangelicalism with tools redolent of a true crime story. But for all of its forensic analysis — interviews, archival footage, a score that would feel at home in “The Staircase” — “Apocalypse inContinue Reading

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Over the decades, civil society organizations around the globe have successfully pushed governments to take steps to reduce the nuclear danger, agree to cut the number of nuclear weapons, halt and then ban nuclear explosive testing, curb the spread of nuclear weapons, and to conclude the Treaty onContinue Reading